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Live sound recording of Peter Hall’s production of Othello for the National Theatre with Paul Scofield in the title role.
Arts entertainment series, presenting a mixture of music, theatre, poetry, the visual arts and comedy introduced by Joe Melia. Includes an item in which Cantores in Ecclesia, conducted by Michael Howard,...
Abbreviated version of the play directed by Charles Kent with Florence Turner as Viola and Charles Kent as Malvolio.
Radio broadcast. Timothy and Samuel West (father and son) talk to Michael Billington about working together, and look forward to the challenge of sharing the stage as Falstaff and Prince Hal in the English...
Writer and diplomat Salvador de Madariaga reads extracts from his Spanish translation of Hamlet and adds a commentary.
Staging for film of the 1997 one-man play by William Luce starring Christopher Plummer as American acting legend John Barrymore. With his career in tatters, ageing actor John Barrymore rents an old theatre...
Live broadcast of the first UK performance of Alfred Schnittke’s (1934-1998) 11-minute long mischievous musical response to a request for a Shakespeare-related work. Presented at the 1988 Aldeburgh...
Henry R. Bishop’s songs for Shakespearean productions at Covent Garden 1816-21. Philip Pickett conducts the Musicians of the Globe. Songs include ‘Lo Here the Gentle Lark’, ‘Bid Me Discourse’' and...
Late-night topical satire show, popularly known as TW3, presented by David Frost. In this episode there is a 4-minute Shakespeare sketch which satirises the arts series Monitor. David Frost is Huw Wheldon...
Compositions by Alfred Reed for wind ensemble. The Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra is conducted by the composer. Recorded at the Fumon Hall, Tokyo, Japan. Contents: Texana (3:52); Prelude and capriccio (7:00);...
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